Refuse-collecting truck.



G. C. KNIGGE.

musi couicm TRUCK.

APPUCATIGN LED FEB. 26| 191.9. 1,324,675. Patented Dec, 9,1919.

' 2 SHEETS-SHEET l WIT 8858 'my UNITED STATES oTTo c. memes, or Newironic, N. Y.

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Specification o! Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

VApplication led February 26, 1919. Serial No. 279,465.

To ad whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Omo CHARLES KNlooE, e citizen of the United States,and e resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhatten. in thecounty and State of New York, have invented e new and`Im rovedRefuse-Collecting Truck, of which tiic following is a, full, clear, andexact description.

The present' invention relates to improvements in wagons or trucksespecially adapted for collecting ashes, garbage, or the like.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter in which suitable containers carrying the nniterial collected,may bc elevated to the top ot a wagon or truck and dumped therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide means for dumping thecontainers.

' views, and in W A further object of the invention is to provide meansfor simultaneously dumping e plurality' of containers.

A further object of the invention is to sn construct the dumping meansthat1 the receptacles are automatically returned to the fillingposition.

A further object of tl i invention is to provide a loading device nwhich the sev- Y eral containers, may be dispensed with if desired. 1 itA further object of the present invention is to provide a device inwhich the containerdumping mechanism may be folded out of the Way whenthe same is not in operation.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specili: cation, in which like characters of reference indicatecorresposrding parts in all the Figure 1 is a side elevation of s, truckconstructed inI accordance with the present` invention; l

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig.1;

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view;`

Fig. 4 is aside elevation partly in section of a modified f orm.`Referring more particularly to the .drawings,"'the reference character10 desi natos the chassis or frame of thetruck. arried site sidesthereof is a trarkwa, 11, in w ich engages aroller 'bracket 1 whichforms means by which the truck may be dumped. Extending transversely ofthe truck body and supported-on or like.` member,

the top face of the trackwny 11, are I-beams .13. rlhese I-beams serveto support the body proper 14 of the truck, which is preferably *formedof sheet metal, said body being secured to the I-beams 13. t Secured tothe body 14 at cach end thereof, 1s a substantially inverted Ushaped menber 15, which is constructed of channel iron. T h1s U-shapcd member 15is formed with the channel side outward, to provide a trackwsty 16, thepurpose of which will be herematter described. Connectin the upperpol-mons of these inverted U-eped members 15, and extendinglongitudinally of the body 14, is a rod 17, which serves as a means lobrace the inverted Ushaped members 15 und retain the same in properspaced relation. As shown in Figs.. 1 and 2, the legs of the U-shepedmembers. l5 1' ictdownwardly below thedmssis' 10 'o tlie'tl'uely.

shownnt 18, to a point in close proximity tothe ground.

Each of these Ushsped members has its legs connected by a strip' 19, andpivotnlly secured centrally of said strip, as at 20,

is a bail-like member 21, which is 'adapted to swing about the i'vot 20.,The :body p0rtioned in such a manner that it passes around theU-sliaped members 15, as shown in Figs. 1 and2.4 Connected to the bodyportion 22 of. the bail-like member 21, by means of a hook 23, or thelike, is a cable tion 22 of the bailS ike member 21, is posi- -24, whichcable passes through a pulley 25 mounted on the rod 17. From the pulley2b, the cable leeds to pulleys 26 and 27 mounted at the to and bottom,respectively, .of one of lhe si es of the'bod 14, and from the u ey ey28 on the bottom face .of the body V1'4. From the pulley 2,8, the cable24 leads overthe pulleys 29`Aand to a convenient form of hoistingmachen' 31, B this arrangement. itwlll besee that the' oisting meehanism31 is opera. and the bail-like member 21 will be moved @bout itspivot 20to the position shown bydotted lilies in Fig. 2f.

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Extending longitudinally o;; t on the exterior wall 33,110 which'fhi ia4,- a hmmm 35, ma y lutcll mmbl' 34 Y 'I4 :in which is adapted i intheopening 38 in the front wallyinijrhicb position it the truck 27, thecable 24 eads around apul-V .ion

t, I fyi a catch 37,y

serves to maintain the trough 32 in its extended position, and, at thesame time, provides a means for retaining u plurality of refusereceptacle:1 3f) in position in said trogh.

Carried by the outer face of the rear wall 33, at each end thereof, is aroller 4U, which is adapted to travel within the tracks ot' the U-shupedmemb lrs 15. Connected to the bearings 41 in which said rollers 40 aremounted, 1s a chain The other end ol the chain 42 is secured at to thebody portion 22 of the bail-like member 21.

Secured tothe rear wall at each end thereof near its top, is a guidemember 44, which is adapted to engage behind the legs of the U-shapedmembers 15, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thus preventing the trough 32 romtip in outwardly away from the body 14.

Y y t iis arran ement, it will be seen that when the bail-li e member 21is moved to the dotted-line position shown in Fig. 2, through the mediumof the cable 24 and the hoisting mechanism 31, the trough 32 will bemoved upwardly over the top of the inverted U-shaped members 15 and whenit reaches the point shown b dotted lines in Fig.2,the trough 32 rocksaoutthe pivot 45 formed by the rollers 40 and the bearings 41, to thedumping position shown in Fig. 2. In this position, it will be apparentthat the refuse receptacles 39 are free to deposit their contents withinthe body 14 of the truck, and that through the medium of the latchmembers 34, each of the refuse receptacles 39 is prevented from becomingdisplaced in the trough 32.

If after this operation has been completed, the cable 24 is slacked off,the trough 32, together with the refuse receptacles 39, are automaticallreturned to the position shown in ull lines in Fig. 2 for the furtherreception of refuse.

While I have shown refuse receptacles 39, it is, of course, to beunderstood that the trough 32 may be used Without these receptacles 39,sihce the refuse may be deposited directly in said trdughTfrom; which itis free,

to be dumped upon operation as hereinbefore described.

In Fig. 3,' the trough 32 is shown folded, which position it occupieswhen not in use. To provide for this feature in the construction of thedevice, the bottom wall 35 of the trough is pivoted to the rear wall 33there of, as at 46, the frontpyall 36 of the trou h of said trough beingpivoted to the bi'attom wall at 47. T ie.

to be folded into bottom wall 35 is adapte rear wall 38, the

parallel relation with th front wall 36 lying between the two, With theparts in this position, the latch member 34, which is pivoted as at48,`to the up r edgeot the rear wall 33, is adapted to hi; swung overinto engagement wlth the bottom, Wall 35 of the trough and'servesthrough the medium of its leverage to retain t ie paris in their foldedposition.

ln the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the rod 17 whichextends between the two U-shaped members is removed, and connected tothe bail member 21 near each end thereof is a cable 4i). These cablesextend around the U-shapcd members 15, and cach is wound upon a drum 50,which drums are carried by a shaft 51. This shaft 51 is suitablysupported as by brackets 52, and extends longitudinall of the body ofthe truck. The front end oi the shaft is projected slightly beyond theforward U-shaped member 15, as at 5?, and is provided with a bevel gear54. This bevel gear 54 meshes with a bevel gear 55 carried upon a shortshaft 56 mounted in a suitable bracket 57. Carried by the lower end ofthe shaft 5G, is a bevel gear 58 which in turn meshes with a bevel gear59 mounted on the rear end of u shaft 60. This shaft 60 is adapted to bedriven at any desired speed by means of the engine of the motor vehicle,or by connecting the same to an one of the several speeds of thetransmission gearing, which is conveniently shown at 61 in said figure.

In this form of the invention, when the shaft (i0 is rotated, it will beseen that through the medium ofthe bevel gears 54, 55, 58 and 59, theshaft 4lwill be rot/ated, thus rotatin the drums 5() and causing thecables 49 to e wound thereon to elevate the receptaclesupporting trough32.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that when the trough 32 is not inuse, the same may be folded in such a manner that it will not interferewith prper 'operation of the truck through the tra c of crowded streets.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A device for loading vehicles compris ing an inverted U-shaped membersecured to the body at each end thereof and forming tracks; a pivotedmember adapted to move over said track on the exterior 4surface thereof;a trough; a roller carried by eachend of the trough and movable in saidtracks, a guide member carried by each* end of the trough and engagingsaid tracks to guide the trough in its movement thereover; means formoving the p ivotedmemberwith respect to the tracks; and meansconnecting the pivoted f.

t mber and theV trough for moving the A h to dumping .position uponn'xovement" the pivoted member.

2. A device for loading vehicles comprising a pair of tracks located oneat eachend of the vehicle body, a bail movable over said tracks. atrough extending parallel to the wagon body and arranged on the sidethereof, means connecting said trough at its ends to said bail, saidconnecting means lying in said tracks and being movable longitudi--nelly thereof, and means for operating the bail about its pivotal pointsand to move the trough to its dumping Position through the medium ofsaid connecting means.

3. A device of the character described, comprising in combination with aWagon body, a bail pvotally connected t0 the ends of said body, a pairof trucks rigidly carried by Said body, a trough movable over saidtracks from loading position to dumpin position, means connected to saidbail an to said trough for moving the trough over aid tracks, and meansfor operating said ail. u

4. In ombination with a wagon bod having a curved track at eachendithereo a trough movable over said tracks, means for movingr saidtrough over said tracks, and means carried by said trough and adapted toengage said tracks to maintain the trough in position for loading, andto automatically disengage said tracks to permit of the dumping of saidtrough.

OTTO C. KNIGGE.

